Shadewood Smoky blues

"I take pride in this land," the youth smiled softly, looking affectionately up into the trees that she called home, and proceeded to listen to the dame's words.

When the plush woman finished, Phex couldn't keep the disbelief contained, her eyes widened and she exclaimed, "Fourteen children! Wow."  She grinned, happy to be in the presence of such an experienced matron. The skewbald wolf then wondered what the woman before her had seen and experienced on her travels, and wondered if they'd been as pleasant as her own.

"I come from somewhere..." she turned her head, much like she'd done when telling Cry although not as dramatically, "from that way. A couple moon's walk," her muzzle gestured south-west.  "I left my family, whom I love very much, to see the world. I came North to see what sights beheld me here and I want to learn as much as I can here." Her head canted to the left, white-tipped banner waving behind her.